A YOUNG child was left dead after a school bus struck him – before the driver fled the scene without stopping.

A full-size yellow school bus picked up a 9-year-old boy in Brooklyn, New York City – before a second boy, 6, stepped out and was struck by the bus as it drove away.

According to the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad, shortly after the incident on Sunday at around 8:28am, an MTA driver called 911 after discovering the child’s motionless body on the street.

One eyewitness told CBS2: “These things happen in a split second. It’s like, one bad move of a child, one bad move of a vehicle, it’s like an eye blink."

EMT’s declared the youngster dead at the scene on South Fifth Street.

Police say that the child who was picked up by the school bus and the other who was tragically killed were brothers.

Police said the boy was boarding the bus with his 9-year-old brother, who got on first.

However, the NYPD believes the bus driver did not know they'd struck the child based on their preliminary investigation.

The driver was located and taken into questioning, with the investigation said to still be ongoing.

So far no charges have been filed.

Ina statement MTA Bus Company president Craig Cipriano said: "This is a tragedy for all involved and our hearts go out to the child’s family as well as to our colleague driving the B60 bus that came upon the scene and first discovered the horrible aftermath."

"We are fully cooperating with the NYPD investigation and providing all possible support to the bus operator as she recovers from trauma," it added.

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